Education

If you are a student interested in doing a semester project or master thesis in our research areas, relevant to our ongoing projects please contact us!
A non-exhaustive list of topics are below.
Open M.S. theses at FEN:
M.S. theses at FEN (completed & ongoing):
Sultan Kobeyev, Auto-calibration of electricity market clearing prices of large-scale energy system models, supervised by Prof. Russell McKenna at Enery Systems Analysis Lab. (ETHZ & external page PSI) and Dr. Adamantios Marinakis and Dr. Andrea Bellé at FEN, 2024 (ongoing).
Irina Radzikhovskaya, Assessing the Feasibility and Implications of NETs for Switzerland's Electricity System: A Simulation-based Analysis, supervised by Prof. Gabriella Hug at PSL and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, (ongoing).
Christina Graf, Assessing seasonal energy balancing in Switzerland in a European context, supervised by Prof. Giovanni Sansavini and Behnam Akbhari at RRE and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, (ongoing).
Tobias Oesch, The value of V2G for the Swiss electricity system, supervised by Prof. Giovanni Sansavini and Ambra Van Liedekerke at RRE and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2024.
Michel Knaff, Navigating the energy transition by soft-linking optimization models with complementary strengths, supervised by Prof André Bardow, Florian Baader and Patricia Mayer at EPSE and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2024.
Niccoló Moro, Smart charging and vehicle-to-grid in the Swiss electricity system: policy review and modeling of dynamic tariffs, supervised by Prof. Anthony Patt and Dr. Christian Moretti at CP Lab and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2024.
Jan Linder, Enhancing buildings' flexibility in Switzerland: An analysis of proposed and potential energy policies, supervised by Prof. Anthony Patt and Dr. Christian Moretti at CP Lab and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2024.
Johan Nöthinger, Soft-linking and comparing optimization frameworks for transition pathways of the Swiss energy system, supervised by Prof. André Bardow and Florian Baader at EPSE and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2023.
Simon Jonas Hässig, Assessment of the role of hydrogen as a long-term storage medium and as a flexibility provider for the Swiss electricity system, supervised by Prof. Giovanni Sansavini at RRE and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2022.
Konstantinos Mylonas, Model-Free and Real-Time EV Charging Station Scheduling with Deep Reinforcement Learning Techniques, supervised by Prof. Gabriela Hug and Dr. Stavros Karagiannopoulos at PSL and Dr. Adamantios Marinakis at FEN, 2020.
Maxime Libsig, Modeling of hydro cascade operation in Switzerland considering price uncertainty: from past to future, supervised by Prof. Gabriela Hug at PSL and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2020.
Ognjen Stanojev, Economical and technical benefit of a hybrid HVAC/HVDC line, supervised by Prof. Christian Franck at HVL and Dr. Jared Garrison and Dr. Turhan Demiray at FEN, 2018.
Jeremias Seitz, Time-optimal control and switching surface of the swing equation, supervised by Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour at IFA and Dr. Alexander Fuchs at FEN, 2017.
Gonca Gürses, Economic and operational assessment of established and new reserve methods and metrics for electric grids with high shares of renewables, supervised by Prof. Reinhard Madlener at RWTH Aachen and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2016.
Jacob Tran, Economic optimization of electricity supply security in the light of the interplay between TSO and DSO, supervised by Prof. Reinhard Madlener at RWTH Aachen and Dr. Alexander Fuchs at FEN, 2016.
Claudia Maria Beyß, Nonlinear reachability analysis and optimal control of power Systems, supervised by Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour at IFA and Dr. Alexander Fuchs at FEN, 2015.
Carsten Heinrich, Integration of distributed energy storage in low voltage networks, supervised by Prof. Göran Andersson at PSL and Dr. Philipp Fortenbacher & Dr. Alexander Fuchs at FEN, 2015.
Completed semester projects at FEN:
Ivo Caduff, Assessing hybrid AC-DC line in the Swiss energy system, supervised by Prof. Christian Franck at ETH Zurich and Dr. Jared Garrison at FEN, 2017.
Ketsetzis Alexandros Paris, Transient simulation of gas networks for integration studies with the power grid, supervised by Prof. Göran Andersson at PSL and Dr. Alexander Fuchs, 2015.